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Throw Away Your Mouse! A List of Windows Snap-ins and Applets

Hi.  This is Jim from Directory Services.  I spend a great deal of time working through remote Easy Assist / Live Meeting sessions, sometimes with client machines half way round the globe and the latency can be excruciating.

In my experience I have found that using the CMD line as well as START - RUN to launch administrative tools can be a more expedient way to do system administration.  Using the mouse and clicking repeatedly to launch an administrative interface is not always the most efficient, especially in an extremely latent remote session.  An errant click will always do you in. To this end I felt the need to create a one stop “short cut” reference to launch some of the more popular administrative applets.  This is suitable for pinup in your cube or office.  Feel free to commit them all to memory.

RUN/CMD shortcuts for AD management

ADFS.msc           

   AD Federation Services
CERTMGR.msc             Certificate Management –Current User
CERTSRV.msc             Certification Authority
CERTTMPL.msc            Certificate Templates
COMPMGMT.msc            Computer Management
COMEXP.msc            Component Services  C:\windows\system32\com
DCOMCNFG.exe             Component Services
DSA.msc                  ADUC (AD Users and Computers)
DFSGUI.msc                 DFS Management
DFSMGMT.msc            DFS Management R2
DNSMGMT.msc               DNS Management
DOMAIN.msc            Domains and Trusts
DSSITE.msc                Sites and Services
EVENTVWR.msc             Event Viewer
GPEDIT.msc                Local Policy
GPMC.msc                   Group Policy Management Console
PKIVIEW.msc            PKI management
RSOP.msc                 Resultant set of Policy
SECPOL.msc            Local Security Policy
SERVICES.msc            Services
SCHMMGMT.msc               Schema Management
TASKMGR.exe                Task Manager
TSCC.msc                  TS Configuration
TSADMIN.exe                TS Administrator
LICMGR.exe                TS Licensing
The following are contained within the WINDOWS 2003 ADMINISTRATION TOOLS PACK
*Installed from the Windows Server 2003 CD
ADMGMT.msc             AD Management –Domains, Sites, DNS and ADUC
PKMGMT.msc                   PKI Management – Authorities, Templates
IPADDRMGMT.msc            WINS,DNS and DHCP in one console
2008 SERVER
SERVERMANAGER.msc        Server Manager
NAPCLCFG.msc            Network Access Protection Client Configuration
STOREXPL.msc            Storage Manager
TSCONFIG.msc                TS Configuration
WBADMIN.msc                Windows Server Backup
WF.msc                Windows Firewall + Advanced Security
RUN shortcuts for Windows OS management
NCPA.CPL               Network Properties
APPWIZ.CPL          Add remove programs
DEVMGMT.msc          Device Manager
FSMGMT.msc          File Share Management
SYSDM.CPL              System Properties
FIREWALL.CPL          Firewall applet
DESK.CPL              Display Properties
CONTROL.exe              Control Panel
MMSYS.CPL

Sound Properties                  

SYSDM.CPL              System Properties      
ACCESS.CPL           Accessibility Options                
APPWIZ.CPL          Add/Remove Programs              
TIMEDATE.CPL          Date/Time Properties
DESK.CPL                    Display Properties
FINDFAST.CPL                 FindFast                             
FONTS.CPL               Fonts Folder    
INETCPL.CPL           Internet Properties                  
JOY.CPL               Joystick Properties                  
MAIN.CPL  Keyboard Properties   
MLCFG32.CPL           Microsoft Exchange 
WGPOCPL.CPL           Microsoft Mail Post Office      
MAIN.CPL               Mouse Properties             
MMSYS.CPL           Multimedia Properties        
PASWORD.CPL           Password Properties              
MAIN.CPL    PC Card                          
PRINTERS.CPL               Printers Folder                  
INTL.CPL               Regional Settings                
STICPL.CPL           Scanners and Cameras
 

- Jim Tierney

Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:50 AM by NedPyle
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Comments

lukasbeeler said:

You missed the most important one - i always use Windows-R to pop up the "Run" dialog.

# April 9, 2008 4:50 PM

Scharique said:

ssshhhh.... IBM laptops do NOT have Windows key

# June 18, 2008 10:12 AM

TechNet Team Blog Austria said:

Die Kollegen vom Directory Services Team haben eine interessante Zusammenstellung von Kommandozeilenaufrufen

# June 23, 2008 4:47 PM

Ask the Directory Services Team said:

Hi. Jim from DS here again to show you how to quickly access the properties of your network interface

# August 13, 2008 2:57 PM
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